BRENTFORD HIGH SCHOOL was nothing compared to her former school. Everything seems more organized not to mention hot and rich teenagers(LOL). She already saw a lot and was taking time to digest everything.
Next thing she knew she was inside her class with a teacher beside her.
" Okay class, standing here is a new transfer student. She is a straight A student, very outstanding. Please introduce yourself miss."
"umm.. My name is Hailey st....,"
" Hailey Bieber," a tall boy cut her short from behind.
The whole class laughed.
" Enough," the teacher said and looked at her to continue.
" I'm Hailey Stones, it's nice to meet you," she said, wanting to end everything immediately. But they were not done yet.
"please can you tell us your hobbies." a blonde girl said and sat down. The whole class made noise and waited for her response.
" I love reading books...." she paused as she heard whispers....."a nerd". But she continued immediately.
" I love music and movies too." she concluded.
They clapped, which she sensed was more of a mockery. She didn't care again, she just needs to sit down. She sat on the empty desk near the window and wished school was over.
Just then the boy sitting in front of him turned.
"Hi Hailey, I'm Jeremy, nice to meet you." , he said and extended his hands.
"Nice to meet you Jeremy.", she smiled and shook his hands. At least there is someone in this class who is human, she thought.
"Mind if I give you a tour after school?", he looked at her with glistening brown eyes needing an approval.
"Umm...", she was undecided. Last thing she wanted was to spend any bit of time after school, but then he has been so polite and offered to show her around. She finally agreed.
When she was leaving the class she nearly bumped into someone.
"Ellie!", she said surprised to see her.
Ellie turned, smiled weakly at her and left.
"Do you know her?" Jeremy asked and Hailey nodded.
"She lives across our house but we haven't talked, never got the chance to.", she explained. She didn't know why Ellie was cold towards her.
"She's cold to everyone." Jeremy answered as if reading her mind.
"What do you.... mean?"
"Ever since the incidence, she has been like this. She cut off all association. It must have been hard."
"Which incidence?"
"Her sister died in an accident, she's not over it yet I think. Come on, lemme show you."
Hailey didn't know what to say, but she just wanted to talk to Ellie. She felt sorry for her.
"Maybe you don't know but our class is the most popular and you should be delighted to be part of us."
"Popular? You mean popular by acting like bitches." She said and they laughed. She is starting to like Jeremy. He was free spirited, funny and warm.
"Well our class houses the top hot basketball players, the five stars, popular influencers and... billionaires.", he stopped and looked at her expressions. She wasn't comprehending what he said from the look on her face.
"what do you mean billionaires?", she asked in a confused low voice that made Jeremy laugh so hard. "This isn't funny Jeremy, don't pull my legs."
"Okay...okay, but you need to hear your voice, it was so funny" he continued amidst laughter. "Well, what I mean is that, their parents are billionaires."
"Wow.. wow...wow, I have a plan", she motioned towards him to bring his ear closer. He did then she said " let's kidnap one of them". The only response she got was Jeremy's laughter.
"Or... I could do seduction and you be my secretary, PA, whatever", she said and they growled with laughter.
"Come on, show me how it's done so that I can put my trust in you", he said playfully.
Hailey took four steps away from him and turned. She crossed her legs, put her left hand under her chin and leaned forward. Then, she pointed her finger at Jeremy and made a cute face. Jeremy lost control and laughed his brains off.
"What was that?" he said trying to bring down his laughter.
" Seducc...tionnn", she drawled and they laughed themselves to tears.
"OMG Hailey, you nailed it", he gave her a thumbs up and laughed lightly.
"Stop laughing, you're triggering mine", she said calming her breath.
" You're so fun"
" Thanks."
They continued their tour and Jeremy showed her the library, basketball court, the swimming pool, the multi purpose hall and everything she needed to know. They got along quite well and Hailey was glad she made a friend.
"Let's go back to the class I need to show you something"
" What is that?" she was curious.
"A secret"
Hailey followed him and he went to the right side of the wall at the back of the class and pushed it... it opened! Hailey was surprised and a bit scared.
"This is our secret basement and the teachers think we don't know about it. Actually, it's kind of forgotten and only five people has the key."
They entered a small dark room and he pulled a board off the floor and a lid with a key was revealed.
"Don't worry I happened to be one of the key keepers", he said proudly and smiled.
He opened it and they climbed down the basement, he switched on the light and she gasped. It was neatly arranged with sofas and a clear white board at the far end. Some parts were separated by huge curtains as if to have bedrooms.
"We usually hang out here some weekends. But mostly, secrets are revealed on that white board and that is the top excitement. We built all this, sneaking in materials and some workers." he grinned.
" You guys are incredible", she was simply dumbfounded.
Once they got out, Hailey was filled with gratitude.
"Thanks for today."
"My pleasure." He said and they parted.